Mealey's (April 25, 2022, 12:30 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruling that a Washington Indian tribe’s pursuit of a declaratory judgment on its off-reservation hunting and gathering rights is barred by issue preclusion based on previous litigation stands after the U.S. Supreme Court on April 25 denied the tribe’s request for review, the second time the justices have declined to grant certiorari for the dispute....